Never happy with the way your eyebrows look? These 3 rules will change that forever

Follow them for arched perfection

We’ve all been guilty of over-plucking or under-grooming our brows; and she’s not only seen everything from furry caterpillars to pin-thin arches, she’s also gotten her mitts on Victoria Beckham’s brows! UK-based Nilam Patel, founder of High Definition Brows, lays down the laws

Rule No 1:Check into a brow rehabWhen brows are over-tweezed or waxed badly, the follicle can become weak and damaged. Age also contributes to brow hair becoming fine and sparse. Our rehab programme involves using a growth-boosting lotion that nourishes follicles. In the grow-in stage, fill in the regrowth areas with colour to mask them. This process works for awkward-shaped brows too.

Rule No 2: Invest in essentialsBrow gel—to brush and fix brows into place: I prefer to use a gel rather than a wax as it can sometimes change the finish of brow pencils and powders. Eyebrow pencil—to define and fill in gaps: go for a firm, sharp and non-waxy pencil to draw feathery strokes into gaps and sharpen brow edges. Eyebrow powder—to intensify a sparse brow: Powders are versatile, easy to use and buildable. Opt for a blendable, matte colour to create soft, natural or defined glamorous brows.

Rule No 3: Leave it to the professionalsNo, you don’t need to trek to a salon and sit there squirming while the ‘parlour’ girl clucks every time you flinch. With the MyGlamm app, a specially trained HD Brows stylist will pay you a home visit, analyse your brow shape and gently wax and thread away the extra growth. How do we know this? We had the team strut their stuff at the Vogue office; in fact, the Vogue girls were the first in India to get this bold brow makeover!

To thread or to waxAs Indian women, we regularly submit ourselves to the painful procedure of threading, but rarely wax our brows. As HD Brows offers both procedures, we asked Patel to give us the lowdown on the pros and cons of each. “Being Indian, I always used to thread brows, but clients would find it painful. I also found it hard to create symmetry as the brows were always distorted when stretched during threading. Keeping all this in mind, during the High Definition Brows treatment we use a gentle, painless waxing method to create the main shape— which allows more precision—but we also use threading to blend away the fine downy hairs away from the main shape.”

Here’s some celebrity inspiration to work those arches:

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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Kangna Ranaut

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Kareena Kapoor Khan

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Anushka Sharma

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Rihanna

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Cara Delevingne

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Freida Pinto

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Priyanka Chopra

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Kendall Jenner

To try the HD Brows service, download the MyGlamm app free on iTunes and Playstore